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RozWorks.comVisit my website to view journal selections, paintings, and book arts projects. For the most recent information on classes and workshops please click on "Classes" in the categories list of this blog.

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Podcasts with Roz

Danny Gregory and I Discuss Visual JournalingSadly a two part podcast from May 2008 made with Danny Gregory, author of "An Illustrated Life," is not currently available. We talked about journaling, art media, and materials…If this becomes available again in the future I will let you know.

Finding Bits of TimeRicë Freeman-Zachery, author of "Creative Time and Space," talks to me about finding time to be creative. (Taped October 23, 2009.)

Portrait Party and Binding Party Information

The MCBA Visual Journal Collective, as of January 2011, has held three portrait parties. Our 2009 and 2011 parties additionally were binding parties. An editioned photocopier book of the event, with all the portraits paired opposite each other (the portrait you drew was opposite the portrait your partner drew of you) was created at each of those parties.

I'm in the process of preparing a video about binding the 2011 book. I will also be posting more detailed instructions.

It's my hope, that by putting this information up on the blog other groups will be encouraged to create books commemorating their sketching events (whether it's portrait parties or sketch outs). I think these events are a great way to get people sketching, making books, and in general, just having a lot of fun—with something to show for it afterwards.

Oh, and if you do end up throwing a sketching and binding party I would love to see jgs of the output!

I'll add links as this information is updated. Here are some posts related to this on-going project.

• Portrait Party 2010 Wrap Up (Ken Avidor presented sketches he made at the Petters trial, discussed sketching people, and then we all sketched a partner in our own journals. This post ends with several photos of people and their sketches.)

If you use this blog's search engine to look for "Portrait Party" references you'll also come up with posts I wrote while preparing for the party—posts which generally discuss my decisions regarding which pens to use and how I'm practicing.